Message to Elon Musk:
Tesla Model S Improvement Suggestions
We have had our 2020 model S for two years now and really love it. I think the car is fantastic. My wife likes to drive it whenever she has a chance. But there are some things that could be improved:
Tesla Model S Improvement Suggestions
We have had our 2020 model S for two years now and really love it. I think the car is fantastic. My wife likes to drive it whenever she has a chance. But there are some things that could be improved:
- Let second driver’s key be linked to their profile so that when they get in the car all their settings will already be activated
- Not enough light in the trunk
- Not enough storage space in the cockpit. Need to add pockets in the front doors and nets on the back of the front seats for storage in the rear
- Autopilot is totally unreliable. If the sun hits the car just right, some of the cameras are blinded and you get a warning. It’s annoying to have to put your hands on the wheel frequently, or autopilot drops out. Autopilot only works on highways, so how does Tesla think they’ll be able to navigate to a residential destination?
- The range indicators are quite inaccurate. We did a round-trip a destination that was 106 miles away. We started with 330 miles in the battery. When we returned home, we had 27 miles left. So how did we lose 118 miles? So the claim that a Tesla S can do over 370 miles on a full charge is some kind of fantasy.
- When leaving the car, the car should lock within 5 seconds. One can always unlock it again.
- When in cruise control, the car will often suddenly slow down or stop and beep at you because it saw something that seamed like a hazard. This would not happen if a person was in control. They would simply steer around the object, like a parked car.
- The fact that the map is ever-present on the screen is annoying. It would be better if one could determine what to have on the screen. Or is that possible now and we just don’t know how?
- The frequent software updates that can be easily downloaded are a great feature. However, when I read the details, I often find that some of the new features won’t work on my car. Example, the latest update said you can modify your bottom line on the screen by dragging an icon, like the seat heater for example, to the bottom. I could not make it work. Or that you could open the glove compartment by voice command. Didn’t work when I tried it.
- The message says the car will stop at a traffic signal in 500 feet. And it does, even if the light is green. Why?
- There are obviously way too few Tesla Superchargers available to date. I know they are adding new ones as fast as they can. But why not offer an adaptor cable so you can use any other EV charger? Or is that already available?